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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "tajudeen adeola" <tajudeenadeola.1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:28:50 +0100
Subject: CAN YOU TRUST AND BE TRUSTED.

United Bank For Africa Plc



From: Mr Tajudeen Afolabi Adeola, MFR Date: Nov 13, 2006.

SUBJECT MATTER: NEXT OF KIN TO LATE MR YUKI OPHELIA

My Dear ,

It is my pleasure to meet you through the International Business Link, and i
am a staff of the this bank.I will give you my staff Identity Card in my
next mail.However, i will advise you respond immediately after reading this
letter.
Last year, we lost one of foreigner customers, a National of your country
. Before his death, Late Mr. Yuki Ophelia, was an Automobile Engineer, and a
business associate/partner to the West African Chamber of Commerce and
Industry.Sources confirmed that late Engr. Yuki had held the contract of
supplying Auto-Parts to subregional West African Markets, for close to 18
years. I saw your email contact from his hotel reservation leaflet at
Holiday Inn Express Morgan town.He knows about you and he had added your
contact email here in his bank details.
Mr Yuki came to Nigeria in the year 1995 when he attended the 14th
International Trade Fair of the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce/Industry, held
at Lagos Trade Fair Complex.During this time, he visited my bank to open an
account. He opened a Domicilliary [Dollar] account, where he then advised
his local customers in Nigeria to deposit all his money, since it was
difficult transfering money to his foreign accounts individually.He
introduced a lawyer to us as his local attorney/legal representative in
Nigeria.
Since then, i have mornitored this account each year.At the end of every
year, Mr Yuki would write to my bank to transfer some money to his foreign
account, and we did.However, we got a shocking news from his local
customers that Mr Yuki has died of heart attack November 29, 2005. We then
invited his Attorney , Barrister Vincent Tamuno(SAN) who also confirmed the
death of Mr Yuki.
Now, the Late Mr Yuki's account contains a credit balance of Twenty-Seven
Million, Eight Hundred and Fourty Thousand Dollars[US Dollars] which is the
total of various deposits made into his dollar account by his business
associates/local customers in the region for the year 2005.
I have discussed with his Attorney to Offer you 15% of his total deposit, if
and only if you will be willing to act as the Next of Kin to Late Engr.
Yuki. The attorney has planned to secure an Affidavit of Claim and Letters
of Administration on your behalf from the Probate Court, and this deposit
will be transfered in your favour as the Beneficiary. With due respect,
please kindly send your comment before we can proceed.

Truly yours,
Mr. Tajudeen A. A

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